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exaigre

Joined: 16 Aug 2005
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 8:18 am    Post subject: Outlining a letter or a number Reply with quote

How do I outline a letter or a number? For example, I have a black, arial font, 200 pt number 5. I would like to put a thin outline of another color, say red, around it. I have tried making a larger number 5 on a different layer and placing it under the smaller number but that gives me more of a drop shadow effect which is not what I am looking for.

Here is an example:


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cbadland

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 8:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Layer Style>Stroke

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 6:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Right click on the layer > blending options > stroke.

To get a neat effect you can try using the stroke width as 1 (default is 3)

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 8:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes, or you could ctrl click the layer and select edit > stroke, and set the value to whatever you want, welcome to photoshop forums the two of you aswell
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 5:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jersey Hacker wrote:
Yes, or you could ctrl click the layer and select edit > stroke, and set the value to whatever you want, welcome to photoshop forums the two of you aswell


Problem with that technique is that it doesnt work for Photoshop CS2. CS2 doesnt allow selecting of layers via CTRL+Click, I dont know if they allow it at all.

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